On January 31, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) stated that it would give priority to the supervision of stablecoins. The major global financial centre is striving to become a virtual asset center.
Binance, the world's leading cryptocurrency exchange, resumed stablecoin USDC withdrawals about eight hours after it announced a pause in the service on December 13 while it carried out a "token swap."
HUSD, an Ethereum network-based stablecoin issued by Stable Universal Limited, has become the latest cryptocurrency to lose its parity with the U.S. dollar, tumbling by as much as 14.7% on August 18.